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that piece from paul kane -- that story notes the good news for congress as it heads into the final workdays of the year. that is the subject we are talking about with you this morning. we have about a half an hour left to talk about it in this segment of the washington journal. terri is from memphis, tennessee on online for democrats. the republican congressmen have done exactly what they wanted to do. they had a playbook when obama was elected and they checked off everything on the checklist. make him an illegitimate president, reduce women's rights, roll back women's reproductive rights, keep illegals out of the country, stop everything that obama wants to do because that is what they wanted to do, to take as many days off as they want to, they go out and raise money for their elections. they are doing exactly what they want to. with just two weeks left in this first session of the hundred 13th congress, what do thing needs to be done here, what are the must do's before congress gets out of town at the we of the month? caller: need to pass a budget. they need to do something about immigra
that piece from paul kane -- that story notes the good news for congress as it heads into the final workdays of the year. that is the subject we are talking about with you this morning. we have about a half an hour left to talk about it in this segment of the washington journal. terri is from memphis, tennessee on online for democrats. the republican congressmen have done exactly what they wanted to do. they had a playbook when obama was elected and they checked off everything on the checklist....
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good morning steve and paul. i am a world war ii veteran who everyted in general -- federal state and most municipal elections since president harry truman. how old are you? caller: 90 years young next month. england and was discharged october 20, 1945. on this one day after the anniversary of the attack of pearl harbor. i was living in the brussels my mother and father and brother and was listening to and they had on the football game between the giants and the dodgers. but i want to get to the topic. because at the beginning of october, the government was shut down for and oureks representatives do not represent us. 90% of them are out for themselves. politicians are running for office, they will tell you anything they want to hear and look at their records. do their actions speak louder than their words? when they are running for office, they have four priorities. one, do everything possible to get reelected and two, do everything possible for the party, and three, do everything possible for the special intere
good morning steve and paul. i am a world war ii veteran who everyted in general -- federal state and most municipal elections since president harry truman. how old are you? caller: 90 years young next month. england and was discharged october 20, 1945. on this one day after the anniversary of the attack of pearl harbor. i was living in the brussels my mother and father and brother and was listening to and they had on the football game between the giants and the dodgers. but i want to get to...
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another piece, paul krugman's latest. solution offered by republicans for ending long-term unemployment is to slash benefits, this will reduce consumer spending and make the situation worse. a picture of paul krugman and a quote from his story. you can read this online and in several different papers. we are taking your calls on this subject. john from watertown, new york on our line for independents. caller: good morning. i have got two comments. the first one, i have seen stories where people are getting more in unemployment benefits than they would be getting if they were in the marketplace working. with stories like that it makes me hesitant to support any extension of long-term unemployment. host: as an incentive to stay out of the workforce? caller: exactly. if i am going to sit at home and collect more money than i would if i was working, i am just going to sit home and do nothing. hear all these people complaining about how this congress is on the least productive in history. is not a bad thing to sit back and do
another piece, paul krugman's latest. solution offered by republicans for ending long-term unemployment is to slash benefits, this will reduce consumer spending and make the situation worse. a picture of paul krugman and a quote from his story. you can read this online and in several different papers. we are taking your calls on this subject. john from watertown, new york on our line for independents. caller: good morning. i have got two comments. the first one, i have seen stories where people...
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paul is up first. caller: good morning. i want yought here, to hold him accountable for every word that comes out of his mouth. back. -- call him i have been watching this for a long time. when you say i will not negotiate -- it was not the republicans. it was the president who denied all the veterans access to the memorial, which is disgraceful to the veterans of this country that fought for all of us. on the job deal, i am not agreeing to nothing. you can turn around and blame it on the republicans. host: let's get a response. guest: i think everybody in the congress would like to see an agreement to avoid the type of shutdown that cost the american people $24 billion in terms of lost productivity. as it relates to who bears blame, i do not think it makes sense to go back into past history. the government shutdown resulted because of intransigence by many in the house who were determined to destroy or defund the affordable care act. they decided to shut the government down. host: larry is up next. caller: yes. i would lik
paul is up first. caller: good morning. i want yought here, to hold him accountable for every word that comes out of his mouth. back. -- call him i have been watching this for a long time. when you say i will not negotiate -- it was not the republicans. it was the president who denied all the veterans access to the memorial, which is disgraceful to the veterans of this country that fought for all of us. on the job deal, i am not agreeing to nothing. you can turn around and blame it on the...
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i thought at least obama, even though i voted third party after ron paul and after what republicans did to ron paul, the convention was totally disgusting, i left the party -- the their priority neocons took over republican party, which is a jewish obama is still being andby the nose by netanyahu they run our congress and it is horrible. >> who do you think are the big ,nfluencers on this white house outside the political realm? rachel's point, they are in strong opposition with obama on the iran deal. whether or not in six months ago, where obama is on that deal, will in some ways reveal how much pressure is being from some pro-israel groups and the israeli government. governs in an insular way. that is a phrase used a lot. his own counsel. he listens to a small group of people. he pays attention to the democratic base. he has been raising a lot of money for midterm elections, which makes him responsive quite a bit to democratic concerns. he pays careful attention to israel and its government and powerful allies here. a lot of that has to do with his own ideology. i am not sure the inf
i thought at least obama, even though i voted third party after ron paul and after what republicans did to ron paul, the convention was totally disgusting, i left the party -- the their priority neocons took over republican party, which is a jewish obama is still being andby the nose by netanyahu they run our congress and it is horrible. >> who do you think are the big ,nfluencers on this white house outside the political realm? rachel's point, they are in strong opposition with obama on...
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host: we have an e-mail from paul. host: talk to us about the politics of this budget negotiation. guest: well, the politics does complicate budget negotiations. if you go in a room with budget experts and the cameras are not on, you could have some logical debates about these issues. politicians -- tend to play to their base. on the republican side, you do not get a lot of votes by we should think copper mines with the democrats and that includes some tax breaks." it is easy for an opponent to attack you. on the democratic side, it is difficult to say, "we should look at these long-term benefits and maybe we should scale some of them back." that is a tough message on the democratic side. what you need to do for a long- term budget deal is compromise on those things. that is a skill that seems to be diminishing on capitol hill. i am afraid you had into a campaign season and it makes it more difficult to achieve a budget deal. in texas on our line for democrats. caller: how are you doing? louis brandeis said we must make our choice. we may have democracy or what may have war. we can
host: we have an e-mail from paul. host: talk to us about the politics of this budget negotiation. guest: well, the politics does complicate budget negotiations. if you go in a room with budget experts and the cameras are not on, you could have some logical debates about these issues. politicians -- tend to play to their base. on the republican side, you do not get a lot of votes by we should think copper mines with the democrats and that includes some tax breaks." it is easy for an...
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host: paul from pennsylvania joining us on our independent line. you're on with the representative. caller: good morning. back in 2010 when the arguments were taking place, senator mcconnell and republicans were saying to repeal the bill. there is very little information. far as the details about the bill. things became more feverish and all of a sudden, senator mcconnell said repeal and replace. i was a little disappointed because i would like to see it go away. my insurance premium is going to go up 55% in january. since yout to know, guys have tried repeal it, symbolically, at least, 40 plus times, what you have in mind for replacement? guest: that is a great question. i mentioned a little bit ago, we have numerous alternatives but the most prevalent amongst those is the american health care reform act that has a number of things. at its core, instead of having bureaucrats and politicians in washington making these empower patients, and power consumers, and americans in their health care decision. we deal with tort reform. there is of that in obamacare. this outrageous increase i
host: paul from pennsylvania joining us on our independent line. you're on with the representative. caller: good morning. back in 2010 when the arguments were taking place, senator mcconnell and republicans were saying to repeal the bill. there is very little information. far as the details about the bill. things became more feverish and all of a sudden, senator mcconnell said repeal and replace. i was a little disappointed because i would like to see it go away. my insurance premium is going...
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i hereby appoint the honorable paul cook to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. boehner, n a. speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for mornin
i hereby appoint the honorable paul cook to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. boehner, n a. speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for mornin